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February 16, 2010
City's tech agency eyes Brooklyn expansion
The city Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications seeks 85,000 square feet at Brooklyn office complex to house 460 employees and a new data center.
Crain's NY Business
by Amanda Fung
Here's a surprise — a New York City agency bailing out leasing space from Forest City Ratner.
The city's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications is eyeing office space at 2 MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. The agency has submitted a proposal to the city Department of Planning to acquire 85,000 square feet at the 10-story building, according to filings with the city.
The new office space will relieve overcrowding at two existing DoITT offices, located at 59 Maiden Lane in lower Manhattan and 11 MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. DoITT also has an office at 75 Park Place in Manhattan.
...DoITT and Forest City Ratner, MetroTech's developer and landlord, declined to comment.
NoLandGrab: Wait a sec. Isn't the city planning thousands of layoffs and closing 19 schools? How can city agencies be short of space?
More likely, this is just a back-door way of tossing another subsidy at the Atlantic Yards developer.
Posted by eric at February 16, 2010 5:24 PM